Governance

The way a city, company, or country is managed by the people in charge.

Governance

Governance

Society typically grows in complexity over time. This growth is typically in response to internal societal changes as well as to increasing interactions among societies.

The complexity of the government also increases out of necessity.

Multiple Choice

Since society becomes more complex over time, government must also become more

• simple

• extravagant

• complex

• nonsensical

As societies grow in complexity and connectedness, more advanced systems of governance evolve. In democracy, a government's primary function is to protect citizen's rights and liberties. Democratic governments continually evaluate and respond to pressing social issues such as education, healthcare, housing, and immigration.

In the early 1900s, the US government enacted child labor laws. These laws protected children from working long hours in unsafe factories. Child labor laws did not exist before this time because they were not yet needed. Before the creation of factories, children did not work long hors for pay away from home, rather they helped on the families' farms.

Societal

Development Categories

Multiple Choice

After the Industrial Revolution, factories became more prominent within cities. Due to the development of factories, the US government enacted child labor laws. Why were such laws not necessary before industrialization?

• Children were not valued in society before industrialization.
• Parents had more control over their children's work before industrialization.
• Children were mainly engaged in agricultural work before industrialization, which did not pose the same risks and challenges as factory work.

Development Categories

Economic

Economic developments rely heavily on effective governance. One a global level, governments facilitate and regulate trade. On a societal level, governments foster a society's economic growth. They decide the best use of resources. They promote innovation and new business practices to keep a society's economy strong. Governments also protect and encourage the personal economic interests of citizens.

Multiple Choice

During the Great Depression, many citizens lost all their savings when the world economy collapsed. In response, to protect citizens economic interests, the federal government founded the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 1933. Based on what happened, and knowing the government was trying to protect citizens, what do you think the FDIC does?

• Encourages citizens to not use banks and only keep cash.

• Insures bank deposits of private citizens, so that in the event of another economic crash, citizens would be guaranteed their savings.

• Uses the citizens' money in order to boost the economy and end a depression.

Development Categories

Technological

Technological developments often bring about economic and social changes, so the governments must respond with continuous and increasingly complex systems of regulation to ensure fairness and safety for their citizens.

In today's global economy, technology is changing much more rapidly than in the past. Developments in digital networks facilitate stronger connections within societies and between societies. The increased globalization and connectedness requires an attentive and responsive system of governance to monitor and regulate exchanges of information and data.

Multiple Select

When the automobile was invented, there were no traffic laws or safety requirements to protect citizens. In order to protect citizens, the government ..... and......

• passed laws for vehicle operation, registration, and safety.

• created taxes to pay for rad construction and maintenance.

• restricted the production of automobiles.

Match

Match the following

• A government creating a universal basic income during a time of economic hardship is an example of

• Addressing environmental concerns and promoting sustainable living practices through nationwide recycling programs is an example of

• Requiring the use of encryption in digital communications to secure privacy and security in online transactions is an example of

economic development and governance

societal development and governance

technological development and governance

• economic development and governance

• societal development and governance

• technological development and governance